Improvement in hat-ventilators



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'CONRAD c. sTRnMME,

or AUSTIN, TEXAS.

Laim Patent No. 88,527, am@ March so, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAT-VENTILATORS. r

To all v'wh-omit ma/y concern: Y

Beit known that I, CONRAD C. STREMME, of Austin, in the county ofTravis, in the State of Texas, have invented a new and im proved Mode ofVentilating Hats, Bonnets, Gaps, 85o., of all styles and fashions; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part ofthis specification, in which Figure lis a perspective view to the insideof a hat, showing the ventilatiwg-apparatus at f.

Figure 2, a vertical longitudinal section of the same hat.

Figure 3, a perspective view of a bonnet, with venti lating-cnshion g,showing its working-apparatus at f.

Figure 4, the same bonnet, in a vertical longitudinal section.V

Figure 5, a part of the'Ventilating-apparatus in full size, and indiiferent states of construction, marked A B G.

Figure 6, a cross-section, in full size, of aparallelopipcdic stick, forforming the spiral required in the construction of theVentilating-apparatus.

Figures 7, 8, and 9, representing vertical sections of orientalVentilating-hats, are only to demonstrate their peculiar' construction,and the forms necessarily resulting therefrom.

The nature of my invention consists in providing the inside o f. thehead-coverings, at the point of contact with thehearL-with a lining ofan elastic i. spiral formed into a cushion, through which the -air canfreely circulate around the whole head.

To enable others to make use of my invention, I will proceed to describeits construction and operation.

As material for my ventilating-apparatus, I use a iat wire, or asimilarly-shaped piece oi' whal-ebone, rattan, vulcanized India rubber,wood, cane, Sto. After having it made flexible, either by dry heat,steam, hot or cold water, according to its nature, I wind it, in thisstate, around a parallelopipedie stick, and let it cool or dry, asrequired, after which it retains its form when removed therefrom. Inregard to its lightness, elasticity, color, and cheapuess, I prefer therattan for all head-'coveiin gs made of straw 5' the more so, as asimple soaking, even in cold water, makes it suiiiciently ilexible.

Having formed the elastic spiral, as represented by A, rtg. 5, I sewthis either directly to the inside of the 4head-covering, with theproper intervals between the windings, as is shown by j' in iigs. land2, or, more conveniently, to single straw or other bauds, 'asrepresented in B, iig. 5, so that the ends unite to a regular ring, whenintended for ;hats and caps, or a horse-shoe- Shaped cushion, g,- gs.Sand 4, when intended for bonnets, which ring or cushion may then befurther provided with a proper lining, as shown in figs. 3 `and 4 at g,made and sold separately from the head-coverings, andl sewed into orattached to the hat by the user or vender.

To make the intervals between the diifer'ent windings of the thread,without any trouble, equal to each other, I perform the sewing of thesame, either to single bands or the head-coverings themselves, throughslits d, fig. 5, C, correctly arranged in a metallic pattern, 0, held inplace by a provisional sewing through the holes c.

The advantages which common head-coverings that are provided with thissimple ventilatin-g-apparatus have over those not so provided, are thefollowing:

First, they do not communicate, to the head ot' the wearer, the heatthey receive from the suubeams to which they may be exposed, as they areseparated from the head bythe Ventilating-apparatus! y Secondly, theyallow the air to circulate 'eely around the wh ole head, keeping it coolby 'carrying oil all heated vapors that arise from perspiration, whichotherwise would accumulate and become oppressive, causing headache andsunestroke.

Thirdly, they last longeras they are not liable to become unpleasantfrom being penetrated by 'hairgrease, and compensate, thus, considerablymore than in full for the small additional cost.

In adaptation to the purpose, they compare. favorably with the orientalVentilating-hats, as is obvious to the eye. They are, in many otherrespects, superior' to them, as thefollowing remark will demonstrate.The oriental hat is invariably stiff and ini'iexible, in consequenee ofthe material preferred, and the peculiar conf lstruction adopted, whichVhas unavoidably led to such xed forms as figs. 7, 8, and 9, in verticalsections represented. These new improved head-coverings, on the otherhand, are pliable, more independent in regard to material, of simplerconsti-notion, and adaptable to any form that fashion may demand.

I lay no claim to'those oriental Ventilating-hats, and the principleupon which their' constructien is based; but

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-'- x The elastic Ventilating-device, consisting of a spi# rally-woundliat wire, orsimilarly-shaped strip of whalebone, rattan, Cnc., vadaptedto be attached to head-coverings, vsubstantially as herein described.

CONRAD C. STREMME. Witnesses:

E. DEGENER, JACOB KUECHLER.

